**My Microcontroller Robot Adventure with Texas Instruments Launch Pads**
Had to do was visit DTI clouds where you can find tons of helpful information for every launchpad boards open the galleria and look for the RSL ka debug application. After opening its I had to install some browser extensions plug in my launchpad board through microUSB to my computer and simply watch as the application uploaded the correct codes to my boards and thus couldn't act with it.
As you can see you all pump sensors as well as the line following sensor and motor control seemed to work flawlessly beautiful. But how exactly can we create our own codes for the development boards? Well, there are two big options: CCS which stands for Code Composer Studio, which I will get to later in order to access some more advanced functions of the MSP430.
However, due to the recommendation of a TI colleague, I started with Energy AX, which is an open-source software with the goal of bringing the Arduino and Wiring framework to the Texas Instruments launch pads. So, I went ahead and downloaded the latest version of its which I then extracted after starting the software I opened its board manager in order to download the files for the MSP430 to boards.
And just like that we could open the notorious blink example sketch and upload it just like that to the boards without changing anything and it would work. Now, as you would expect this IDE can be worked with just the same way as you would use the Arduino IDE which makes it super easy to use but the problem for me is that it is trying to mimic the Arduino a bit too much for my taste.
For example thus the analog write function using 8 bits maximum value while we got 16 bits and 32 timers in place and the analog read function utilizes a temp its maximum value while the board is capable of handling 16 bits. So, while the Energy AX idea is a great way for beginners to play around with the launch pads and currently missing guides on how to do more advanced things like register or timer control.
The next problem is that the TI RSL k-kids is not officially supported spanner GA yet but luckily a TI colleague hooked me up with a rather unpolished library which I downloaded and includeds. The reason why I said unpolished was that after uploading a couple of provided example sketches for the robots it seems to not do anything at all after pushing the start button.
After doing a bit of investigation, I noticed that depends which were assigned in the library - most of the time not correlate with the pins mentioned in the build guides so I used be given pin mapping of my used launch pads in Energy AX in order to alter the pin values and after once again uploading the example codes the robots finally came to life.
Now, by using one of the more complex example codes, I was able to create a simple white line following robot which was certainly an awesome learning experience. And since my robots is now alive, how exactly can we access some more advanced functions of the MSP430? Firstly, I downloaded and installed this Simple Link MSP430 SDK whose QuickStart guides recommends to use the CCS software after downloading/installing it's by following the already mentioned guides.
I opened the software and honestly had no idea what to do thankfully though this software included a Resource Explorer where I was able to choose my Launchpad version and immediately got access to a few interesting and more complex examples for the boards like deep sleep power modes or timer control.
Now, I will not go into detail here how to exactly control those features since there's plenty of information about that only Texas Instruments websites all I want to say about this code composer studio is that it definitely takes a bit of time to get used to but once you master this kind of programming you can truly control the MSP430 tool in every way imaginable which makes it a very versatile mug controller for more demanding tasks.
In the end, this is what engineers use in the industry to build real products and with that being said I hope you enjoyed my small microcontroller robot adventure if you want more information about the robot kits and Texas Instruments launch pads then you can find links to them in the video description and if you got ideas for other microcontrollers I should have look at then tell me so in the comment section as always stay creative and I will see you next time.
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: ena while ago I introduced you to the blue pill development boards which is based around the stm32 of my controller which offers substantial advantages in comparison to the Arduino development boards based around the atmega328p but of course the stm32 is not the only competitor in the mug controller departments is what Texas Instruments was probably thinking why they were sending me their TI r SL K kids which stands for robotics system learning kids in a nutshell this kids got all the components to create your own little robots but also offers more advanced learning modules to make your robots even smarter than ordinary ones which is a great engineering learning exercise so in this video we'll let's find out what advantages there cent microcontroller the MSP of four three two offers how easy it is to program / work with and whether I'm capable of teaching my new robots a few tricks let's get started this video is sponsored by Texas Instruments after opening the kids I immediately grabbed the included microcontroller development board package which not only contained the development boards or launch pads how they color themselves but also a small brochure for the launch pads which basically told me to visit a specific websites on the side I noticed right away that the price of $20 for this board is definitely a bit higher than the price of an Arduino development boards but then again deep reason a datasheet of the MSP r43 - sounds pretty promising the biggest advantages for me are the faster clock speeds more memory space a higher resolution see as well as more timers tons of GP arrows and included real-time clock and finally useful low-power modes for which the MSP mark controllers are not only pretty famous for but also to some degree mandatory when it comes to battery powered robots so all in all the msp430 - offers a lot more features than the Arduino the only question is how easy it is to utilize them but before answering that question I unpacked all the mechanical and electrical components which were included in my robotics system learning kits and organize them in small piles that I could easily work with then I grabbed myself the basic kids Construction guides which is available on C i.com slash or cell k and explains quite detailed and most importantly through pictures how to assemble the robots now I'm going to save you some time by not explaining every little step but let's just say I prepared a bit of shrinking tube cut some wires soldered headers into place wired up to motors as well as the line following sensor and bumper switches mounted the wheels and attached the rest of the components to the robots with bolts and nuts and as the last step I connected all the jumper wires either to the microcontroller development boards all the power / motor control boards and just like that I got myself a basic robots to test whether I wired up everything correctly all I had to do was to visit DTI clouds where you can find tons of helpful information for every launchpad boards open the galleria and look for the RSL ka debug application after opening its I had to install some browser extensions plug in my launchpad board through microUSB to my computer and simply watch as the application uploaded the correct codes to my boards and thus couldn't act with it and as you can see you all pump sensors as well as the line following sensor and the motor control seemed to work flawlessly beautiful but how exactly can we create our own codes for the development boards well there are two big options the curriculum uses CCS which stands for code composer studio which I will get to later in order to access some more advanced functions of the MSP year four three two but due to the recommendation of a TI colleague I started with energy ax which is an open source software with the goal of bringing the Arduino and wiring framework to the Texas Instruments launch pads so I went ahead and downloaded the latest version of its which I then extracted after starting the software I opened its board manager in order to download the files for the msp430 to boards and just like that we could open the notorious blink example sketch and upload it just like that to the boards without changing anything and it would work now as you would expect this IDE can be worked with just the same way as you would use the Arduino IDE which makes it super easy to use but the problem for me is that it is trying to mimic the Arduino a bit too much for my taste for example thus the analog write function using 8 bits maximum value while we got 16 bits and 32 pay timers in place and the analog read function utilizes a temp its maximum value while the board is capable of handling 16 bits so while the energy idea is a great way for beginners to play around with the launch pads and currently missing guides on how to do more advanced things bovitz like register or timer control the next problem is that the TI r SL k-kids is not officially supported spanner GA yet but luckily a TI colleague hooked me up with a rather unpolished library which I downloaded and includeds the reason why I said unpolished was that after uploading a couple of provided example sketches for the robots it seems to not do anything at all after pushing the start button after doing a bit of investigation I noticed that depends which were assigned in the library - most of the time not correlate with the pins mentioned in the build guides so I used be given pin mapping of my used launch pads in energy are in order to alter the pin values and after once again uploading the example codes the robots finally came to life now by using one of the more complex example codes I was able to create a simple white line following robots which was certainly an awesome learning experience and since my robots is now alive how exactly can we access some more advanced functions of the MSP or for three to four that I firstly downloaded and installed this simple link msp430 to sdk whose QuickStart guides recommends to use the CCS software after downloading / installing it's by following the already mentioned guides I opened the software and honestly had no idea what to do thankfully though this software included a resource Explorer where I was able to choose my Launchpad version and immediately got access to a few interesting and more complex examples for the boards like deep sleep power modes or timer control now I will not go into detail here how to exactly control those features since there's plenty of information about that only Texas Instruments websites all I want to say about this code composer studio is that it definitely takes a bit of time to get used to but once you master this kind of programming you can truly control the msp430 tool in every way imaginable which makes it a very versatile mug controller for more demanding tasks and in the end this what engineers use in the industry to build real products and with that being said I hope you enjoyed my small microcontroller robot adventure if you want more information about the robot kits and Texas Instruments launch pads then you can find links to them in the video description and if you got ideas for other microcontrollers I should have look at then tell me so in the comment section as always stay creative and I will see you next timea while ago I introduced you to the blue pill development boards which is based around the stm32 of my controller which offers substantial advantages in comparison to the Arduino development boards based around the atmega328p but of course the stm32 is not the only competitor in the mug controller departments is what Texas Instruments was probably thinking why they were sending me their TI r SL K kids which stands for robotics system learning kids in a nutshell this kids got all the components to create your own little robots but also offers more advanced learning modules to make your robots even smarter than ordinary ones which is a great engineering learning exercise so in this video we'll let's find out what advantages there cent microcontroller the MSP of four three two offers how easy it is to program / work with and whether I'm capable of teaching my new robots a few tricks let's get started this video is sponsored by Texas Instruments after opening the kids I immediately grabbed the included microcontroller development board package which not only contained the development boards or launch pads how they color themselves but also a small brochure for the launch pads which basically told me to visit a specific websites on the side I noticed right away that the price of $20 for this board is definitely a bit higher than the price of an Arduino development boards but then again deep reason a datasheet of the MSP r43 - sounds pretty promising the biggest advantages for me are the faster clock speeds more memory space a higher resolution see as well as more timers tons of GP arrows and included real-time clock and finally useful low-power modes for which the MSP mark controllers are not only pretty famous for but also to some degree mandatory when it comes to battery powered robots so all in all the msp430 - offers a lot more features than the Arduino the only question is how easy it is to utilize them but before answering that question I unpacked all the mechanical and electrical components which were included in my robotics system learning kits and organize them in small piles that I could easily work with then I grabbed myself the basic kids Construction guides which is available on C i.com slash or cell k and explains quite detailed and most importantly through pictures how to assemble the robots now I'm going to save you some time by not explaining every little step but let's just say I prepared a bit of shrinking tube cut some wires soldered headers into place wired up to motors as well as the line following sensor and bumper switches mounted the wheels and attached the rest of the components to the robots with bolts and nuts and as the last step I connected all the jumper wires either to the microcontroller development boards all the power / motor control boards and just like that I got myself a basic robots to test whether I wired up everything correctly all I had to do was to visit DTI clouds where you can find tons of helpful information for every launchpad boards open the galleria and look for the RSL ka debug application after opening its I had to install some browser extensions plug in my launchpad board through microUSB to my computer and simply watch as the application uploaded the correct codes to my boards and thus couldn't act with it and as you can see you all pump sensors as well as the line following sensor and the motor control seemed to work flawlessly beautiful but how exactly can we create our own codes for the development boards well there are two big options the curriculum uses CCS which stands for code composer studio which I will get to later in order to access some more advanced functions of the MSP year four three two but due to the recommendation of a TI colleague I started with energy ax which is an open source software with the goal of bringing the Arduino and wiring framework to the Texas Instruments launch pads so I went ahead and downloaded the latest version of its which I then extracted after starting the software I opened its board manager in order to download the files for the msp430 to boards and just like that we could open the notorious blink example sketch and upload it just like that to the boards without changing anything and it would work now as you would expect this IDE can be worked with just the same way as you would use the Arduino IDE which makes it super easy to use but the problem for me is that it is trying to mimic the Arduino a bit too much for my taste for example thus the analog write function using 8 bits maximum value while we got 16 bits and 32 pay timers in place and the analog read function utilizes a temp its maximum value while the board is capable of handling 16 bits so while the energy idea is a great way for beginners to play around with the launch pads and currently missing guides on how to do more advanced things bovitz like register or timer control the next problem is that the TI r SL k-kids is not officially supported spanner GA yet but luckily a TI colleague hooked me up with a rather unpolished library which I downloaded and includeds the reason why I said unpolished was that after uploading a couple of provided example sketches for the robots it seems to not do anything at all after pushing the start button after doing a bit of investigation I noticed that depends which were assigned in the library - most of the time not correlate with the pins mentioned in the build guides so I used be given pin mapping of my used launch pads in energy are in order to alter the pin values and after once again uploading the example codes the robots finally came to life now by using one of the more complex example codes I was able to create a simple white line following robots which was certainly an awesome learning experience and since my robots is now alive how exactly can we access some more advanced functions of the MSP or for three to four that I firstly downloaded and installed this simple link msp430 to sdk whose QuickStart guides recommends to use the CCS software after downloading / installing it's by following the already mentioned guides I opened the software and honestly had no idea what to do thankfully though this software included a resource Explorer where I was able to choose my Launchpad version and immediately got access to a few interesting and more complex examples for the boards like deep sleep power modes or timer control now I will not go into detail here how to exactly control those features since there's plenty of information about that only Texas Instruments websites all I want to say about this code composer studio is that it definitely takes a bit of time to get used to but once you master this kind of programming you can truly control the msp430 tool in every way imaginable which makes it a very versatile mug controller for more demanding tasks and in the end this what engineers use in the industry to build real products and with that being said I hope you enjoyed my small microcontroller robot adventure if you want more information about the robot kits and Texas Instruments launch pads then you can find links to them in the video description and if you got ideas for other microcontrollers I should have look at then tell me so in the comment section as always stay creative and I will see you next time
